Magazine for linotype or analogous machines.



No. 635,999. Patented om. 3|, |899. n. c. ELLmTT.

MAGAZINE FOR LINDTYPE 0R ANALOGUUS MACHINES.

(Appubaeion mea Dec. 24, 1897.)

2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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cn. suor Patenten oct. 3|, |899.

n. c. ELLIOTT.

MAGAZINE Fon LlNoTYPE on ANALoGouS -rmclunas.

(Application led Dac. 24, 1897.)

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NiTnD STATES PATENT rica..

RICHARD C. ELLIOTT, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MAGAZINE FOR LINOTYPE OR ANALOGOUS-IVACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,998, dated October 31, 1899.

Application filed December 24, 1897. Serial No. 663,329. (No model.)

new and useful Improvements in and Con-` neet-ed with the Detachable and Adjustable Magazines of Linotype and Analogous Machines, (for which I have obtained the following patent: Great Britain and Ireland, No.

9,570, dated April 14, 1897;) and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as part of this specification and read therewith, and one which will` enable others skilled in the artgto which it. appertains to make and use the same.

lates to the escapement mechanisms of linotype and analogous machines, but more especially to the escapement'mechanisms of such magazines as are detachable, while the second part of it relates to an arrangement-v of magazines adjustable for the substitution of one of them for another.

The invention is especially applicable to the well-known Mergenthaler linotype-machine, that being the one for which it has been developed. For that reason principally and also because it is the only linotype-machine` at present in use in this country the formv which it takes when made up for use on that machine has been selected for detailed illustration and specification.

The machine last mentioned'is describedin: detail inthe speciication of United States Letters Patent No. 436,532, of 1890. The

charged magazine of that machine was detachable as awhole from the machine-frame.

Letters Patent No. 548,432 describe a machine in which the two or more magazines, laid one on top of another and secured together, are made adjustable vertically in order to bring one magazine or another into operative relation at the lower end to the escapement devices fixed on the main frame and at the upper end in operative relation to the distributing devices which deliver the matrices to the magazine.

For convenience of reference the adjustable magazines connected in series will be designated as multiple magazines.

The trigger devices or escapements of the i selecting mechanism of the last-mentioned.

specification are carried by the machineframe. They are situated sufficiently far in front of the mouths of the magazines proper for each to engage and hold two matrices, one behind the other, both of which matrices have been already discharged from the respective groove in the magazine proper. on their way to the assembling-block. Those remaining in any magazine proper are prevented from dropping through the mouths thereof by a special stop, such as a rod standing in front of that mouth. Consequently each time that one magazine proper is to be substituted for y the one then registering with the top and bot- The first part of the present invention re tom there are two matrices from each of its grooves standing in the said bottom under the control of the escapements. All of those matrices must be withdrawn from the-.bottom and sent through the machine through the distributer, so as to be returned to the respective magazine proper before the substitution can be effected. Further, he must withdraw two matrices from each groove in the substituted magazine before he can begin composition from the substituted'font.

The substitution of one magazine proper for another of a series is described as effected by `a manually-operated shaft carrying a pair of worms gearing with as many worm-wheels,

which have incorporated with them internallyscrew-threaded nuts engaging with a pair of screws depending symmetrically from the frame which supports the said adjustable arrangement of magazines.

The object of the rst part of the inventionl is the prevention of the loss of time due to the above-mentioned withdrawals, and of the second, mechanism operated by the machine for eifecting the substitution of one magazine for another.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as part of this specification and read therewith, Figure 1 is a sec- IOO tional side elevation of an adjustable arrangement of magazines, illustrating both part-s of the invention; Fig. 2, a detail section throughl a pair of matrix-grooves of a detachable magazine, illust-rating the iirst part of the invention. It is taken along the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a section' taken along the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a section taken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 5 and illustrates a medilication of the first part of the invention; Fig. 5, a detail sectional side elevation taken along the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; Fig. G, a detail sectional side elevation taken along the line 6 G of Fig. 4; Fig. '7, a plan of the eseapement push-rods of Figs. 4, 5,- and C; and Fig. S, a sectional plan taken along the line S 8 .of Fig. l and illustrates the second part of the invention. Fig. 9 is a vertical section through one of the screws for raising and lowering the magazine. Fig. l0 is a view of the modified or alternative detail.

i top and bottom, respectively; B5B5, the pair of adjusting-screws; B6 BG, the internallyscrew-threaded nuts; B7 BT, the worm-wheels; B8 BS, the worms; B9, the worm-shaft; B12 B12, tenons fast to and depending from the magazine-support and sliding in mortises B10 B10, fast to the main frame A; ZJ Zn, the bottom and top plates, respectively, of each magazine; Z12 b2, the matrix-grooves therein; Z112, the support for the series of magazines; E, one of the series of escapement-rods; F, the respective escapement or matrix-trigger.; f f2, the eseapement-pallets; G, the vertical channeldown which the matrices drop after they have passed their respective escapements, and Y Y matrices.

Each of the foregoing parts is substantially' the same as heretofore.

The three magazines of Fig. l are rigidly connected or united, so that they form jointlyy a multiple magazine which is adjustable bodily up and down, carrying with it the escape-I ments or matrix releasing devices, which" maintain their relations to their respective matrix-channels. The single magazines of Figs. 2 to 7 are detachable only-z'. e., without adj ustability.

According to the first part of the invention there is an escapement or matrix-trigger F for each matrix-groove Z22, and their pivots f 5 are immediately under the respective magazine instead of being in front of it.

The connection between each escapement` rod E and the respective escapement F is by means of an'escapement push-rod adaptedV to be actuated by the said eseapement-rod through a suitable connection and to be returned by a suitable spring.

The connection between the escapement-l rod E and the push-rod above mentioned is necessarily of an easy self engaging and dis-y engageable type to allow of sueh engagement or disengagement taking place automaticallyy at each substitution. For that reason I prel rod E21. A A are parts of the main frame of the machine; B B, magazines; B B2, the magazine.

is preferably coned to facilitate its engagement with the escapem ent push-rod described farther on. Itis held to the eseapement-rod E by a toggle-joint, the links E22 E23of which are held to each other and to the top of the escapement-rod E by a pivot common to the three. The free end of the link E22 is pivoted upon the adjacent wall of the channel G and that of its fellow link E22 to the front end of the push-rod E21. The toggle-joint just described may be replaced by a bell-crank lever, as shown in Fig. 10.

E21 is a guide for the motion of a push- It is fast to the under side oi' the magazine front B2.

E25 is a spring to prevent the nose of each push-rod E21 dropping away to the front from the position above described.

E26 is a fixed horizontal perforated plate acting as a guide for the top ends of the eseapement-rods E.

F F2 are two straight inelines on the bottom edge of the escapement and meeting at an internal angle in the middle of the length of that edge. In either of the terminal positions of an escapement the nose of one pallet f or f2 is as much higher than the other as is the extremity of the opposite incline below that of the other.

F3 is a chamber between the bottom plate Z) of one magazine proper and the top plate Z) of the one beneath it in the case of an adjustable magazine or between the bottom plate Z) and an additional plate Z122 in the ease ol' a detachable magazine, as shown in Figs. 2 to 7.

F1 is an escapement push-rod. It stands in the chamber F3 with its front end {iush with the front edge of the magazine B and with its opposite end bearing against the front incline F and standing clear of the rear one F2. The object of this relative position between the rear end of the rod F'1 and the said inelines is to keep the pallet f in the path of the front matrix Y, as heretofore.

F5 is a returning-spring adapted to return the rod F1 to its normal position after cach actuation of it by the escapement-rod E.

The first part of the invention works as follows: lremising that it is the upward motion of an escapement-rod E that frees a matrix Y, when one of the rods E rises its vertical motion is converted into an oblique IOO IIO

rod E drops the returning-springF5 returns the escapement push-rod F4 to its normal position, likewise with the usual result to the said column of matrices, more particularly to the then leading one. The front end of an escapement push-rod F4 has a conical indentation Fl5 in it to receive the opposite end of the push-rod E51, if that is coned.

It is obvious that the details of this rst part of the invention maybe Varied without departing from the essential features of it, the only essential requirement being that the reciprocation of the rod F4 shall cause the vibration of the escapement F.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 8, veach escapement push-rod F4 works in a guide-block F 9, held in position by being screwed into a plate F7, extending across the front of the' chamber F5. The returnin g-spring F5 stands within a chamber F8, formed within the guide-block F9 and about the rod F4, pushing from the inner end of the chamber F5 as a base and against a collar F9 on the said rod F4. The guideblock F9 is made in two parts screwed together, as indicated, to allow of the insertion of the spring F5. The inner end of the rod F4 is segmental, standing up above the other portion of the rod to make room for the downward portion of the front half of the escapement.

Referring to Figs. 4 to 7, the escapement push-rods F4 are fiat and edge up. They have enlargements F19 on one edge at the front end for the conical indentations F15. flat they take up less room laterally than the shape illustrated in Figs. l, 2, and 3, and space is further economized by setting them with the enlargements F19 alternately at the top and bottom of the chamber F5, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the usual distances between the columns of matrices Y are not increased. A fiat rod F4slides in grooves F11 in both ytop and bottom of the chamber F9, and its rear end is turned upward to engage with the escapement F and shaped to allow of the rocking motion of the latter. The returningspring F5 stands, of course, behind the respective enlargement F19 and works between an abutment F12 and the said enlargement. That abutment is on the top or bottom plate of the chamber F5, according to the position of the enlargement F19in that chamber. The front plate F7 is dispensed with, a bar F4 being held in the chamber F5 against the push of the spring F5 by a piece F19, fast on the top or bottom plate of that chamber, according to the position of the enlargement F19 and spring F5. F14is a longitudinal slot along the bar F4, wide enough to allow of the front end of the said bar being compressed, so as to pass between the piece F13 and the opposite plate of the chamber F3 on its insertion into the latter. The resilience of the front portions of the said bar on each side of the slot F14 separates them after such insertion.

As many of the abutments F12 as are on the bottom plate of the chamber F5 serve as guides Being or lateral supports for the motionof as many of the bars F4 as are intermediate thereof and may serve as rests for the rear ends of the other bars F4 to slide upon. (See Fig. 7.)

According to the second part of the invention the worm-shaft is capable of receiving a constant motion of rotation, and there is interposed between each worm-wheel and nut a combination of three pulleys, one coaxial with the worm-wheel, another with the nut, and the other either running idle or las a reversing-pulley. In the type of gearing illustrated the worin-shaft B9, (see Figs. 1 and 8,) carrying the two worms B5, is mounted in a carriage B55, capable of areciprocating motion parallel with the matrix-grooves b2 by reason of the engagement of the soles of it in grooves B59 in a suitable bracket-like portion of the machine-frame arranged there for that purpose. That shaft is driven constantly in the same direction by a belt B57, running around a pulley fast on it, and which belt B57 derives its motion from some convenient rotating member of the machine. B59 is a frictionpulley fast on the axis of each worm-wheel B9. Each of the screws B5 is made fast to the magazine-support 1919, as heretofore; but its thread is of the opposite hand to that of its fellow for a reason that will be self-evident directly. It revolves in bearings in special extensions of the main frame A, and there is concentrically incorporated with its nut B9 a frictionpulley B59. B99 is a second friction-pulley of the same diameter as B59, turning in bearings in special extensions of the main frame A. 'lhe four pulleys B59 B99 are in the same plane as the pulleys B55, and each pulley B99 engages with the respective pulley B59. The pulleys B58 are rather smaller than those B59 B99 and are so positioned in the carriage B55 that they engage with either the ,pulleys B59or with the pulleys B99 or stand clear of both, according to the position of 'that carriage.

The carriage B55 receives its motion from a hand-lever B91, which is held to it by a stud B92, standing up from the middle of the carriage top and through the lever. Thefulcrum of the latter is not included in the gures. It may occupy any suitable position and be of any suitable type consistent with the levers moving the carriage B55 along the grooves B59 in either direction. So long as the pulleys B5S are clear of both pairs of pulleys B59 B99 the adjustable magazine is at rest. Pulling the carriage B55 over to the front of the machine engages the pulleys B58 with the front pulleys IOO IIO

B59 and B99`and causes the rise or fall of the gearing illustrated, but includes any other substantially similar in respect of its capacity for direct or reverse driving 0r for being out of gear, according to the position of the handlever which controls the position of the carriage.

Leading features of my invention, broadly new in a machine having a multiple movable magazine or reservoir, are, first, the fixed relation between the escapements or releasing devices and the channels with which they cooperate i-n the movable magazine, so that although an escapement may be connected with different iinger-keys as the magazine is moved each escapement operates always in connection with the same channel in the magazine; second, the construction and arrangement of the escapements in the movable magazine so that they retain matrices at the extreme end of the magazine, thus avoiding a waste of space and leaving the matrices in position for immediate discharge under each new adjustment of the magazine, and, third, the connection of the magazine-adjusting devices with the driving mechanism of the machine so that the magazine may be raised or lowered quickly and without requiring any considerable eiort on the part ofthe operator.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a linotype or analogous machine, an adjustable magazine, carrying escapement devices and spring-controlled push-rods to actuate them, in combination with a main frame provided with devices to abut against and actuate one series oranother of the pushrods, according to the position in which the magazine is adjusted.

2. Ina linotype and in combination, a main frame, an inclined vertically-ad j ustable magazine comprising a series of magazines lying one over another, escapemcnt devices mounted in and carried by the magazine, one for each channel, a push-rod in connection with each escapemcnt, key-rods in the main frame and devices connected therewith for operating one or another series of the push-rods of the magazine, according to the adjustment of the latter.

3. A magazineforalinotype-maehinc, having a series of matrixchannels extended therethrough from end to end, in order that the matrices may pass through and out of the magazine in a straight line, in combination with eseapement devices mounted therein and adapted to hold the matrices at the extreme delivery end of the magazine, and cscapement-operating devices carried by and movable lengthwise of the magazine and eX- posed atits lower end, whereby the magazine is adapted to be moved past the stationary keyboard connections in the machine.

4. In a linotype -maehine, the multiple magazine, having open-ended channels for the direct delivery ofthe matrices and escapements for each channel, such escapements adapted to retain matrices at the' extreme end ot' the magazine, in combination 'with mechanism for raising and lowering the magazine, and escapement-operating devices mounted in the main frame and adapted to automatically connect with the escapements of one section or another as the adjustment of the magazine is changed.

5. In a linotype-machine, a multiple magazine having open-ended channels for the delivery of the matrices, in combination with escapement devices foreach channel, located within the end of the magazine, in combination with means for raising and lowering the magazine bodily, a single series oi Iinger-kcy connections adapted to coperatie with one series of escapements or another according to the adjustment of the magazine, and a stationary receiver G, into which the matrices are delivered under all adjustments of the magazine.

6. In a linotype-machine, the combination of a multiple magazine, mechanism for raising and lowering the same, power driving mechanism, and intermediate reversible connections through which the raising and lowering mechanism may be stopped and started at will.

7. In a linotype-n'lachine, a multiplemagazine, adjusting-screws therefor, a drivingpulley and intermediate reversible connections between said pulley and screws.

In witness whereofI have hereunto'atlixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 6th day of December, 1897.

RICHARD C. ELLIOTT.

lVitnesses:

FRANCIS I. J AeKsoN, E. N. MoLEswoR'rH.

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